Entries from March 2014

Kevin Blake Marchbanks, 36, of Commerce, was arrested in Lula in connection with the Thursday, Feb. 13, armed robbery at Out Store in Pendergrass. Hall County officials received information that Marchbanks was at a residence in Lula and were able to apprehend him at that location. Marchbanks is currently incarcerated at the Hall County ...
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The incumbents for the two Banks County Board of Commissioner seats and two board of education seats up for re-election this year are the only ones to qualify so far. As of press time, Sammy Reece, District 3, and Danny Maxwell, District 1, had qualified for their respective BOC seats. Michael Boyle, vice chairman, Post 3, and Shane Roberts, ...
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Winder officials have some big plans for The Chimneys Golf Course the city took over six months ago. At a Feb. 28 meeting of the city council’s Finance Committee, golf course manager Chris Scott and city administrator Don Toms laid out potential improvements. The most interesting: A “19th Hole” that would be built on 20 acres just west of ...
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says two local men have been arrested after allegedly traveling to meet children for sex. Richard Roger Tumlin, 49, was arrested Friday and booked into the DeKalb County Detention Center. He was released Monday after paying a $25,000 bond. Kennith Samuel Walker, 48, was arrested Saturday and released from the ...
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NICHOLSON - Evelyn Genene Barrett, 80, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Northridge Health and Rehab. She was born in Athens, the daughter of the late Pat and Mary Lorene Wilkes Wheelis. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Barrett was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Edgar Barrett, Jr. Survivors include a ...
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The problems with underage drinking will be the focus of a program planned by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m., the department will host a program called “Choices” at the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation auditorium that will highlight the problem the county has had with underage drinkers. Two ...
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The Jackson County Planning Commission on Thursday voted to recommend changes in the county zoning map to allow a Hispanic church to move into the former Dollar General property on U.S. 441 in Center, but not before several Nicholson residents expressed their concerns about the prospect potentially adversely impacting their neighborhood. ...
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A Hoschton man was arrested on Monday by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office for his involvement in a home invasion. Joshua Adonis Finch, 35, was charged in connection with a home invasion which occurred in the early morning hours of January 23 at a residence off Bill Watkins Road in western Jackson County. The victims reported that two black ...
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A man on Fowler Freeman Road called 9-1-1 recently after his wife reportedly threatened to have him jailed following a domestic dispute at their home. The man said that during the argument, his wife threw a wine bottle at him, missing and in retaliation he threw a Febreze spray bottle at her, but he also missed. He said his wife then left the ...
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